The Reno Rodeo has become the official kick off of the Summer Run and will feature its largest purse in history with $600,000 in added money.

The 107th Reno Rodeo begins June 19th and lasts through 27. It will also be the site where two-time World Champion Shad Mayfield makes his first ProRodeo run since the 2025 National Finals Rodeo.

Here is more of what you need to know from the Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West.

Stats to Know

Only two of last year’s average winners won a Go-Round, reinforcing that consistency over big scores gets the money at Reno. That doesn’t apply to the bull riding event, though, which has only two rounds instead of three. In the past five years, eight of 10 Go-Rounds in that event were won by the eventual Average Champion.

A Wright has won three of the last four saddle bronc riding Averages at Reno, with Ryder winning in 2024 and Statler winning in 2023 and 2022. Stetson and Rusty, who come in ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the World, are the ones have yet to win it.

Five-time NFR qualifier Sage Newman has averaged 87.94 in his last eight rides, including a 91. That is the highest

Hailey Kinsel has placed in the top-2 in four of the last five averages at Reno Rodeo, including winning the last two. She’ll have the chance to win three in a row this year.

Athletes to Watch

Tristen Hutchings and Stetson Wright are neck and neck in the PRCA Bull Riding World Standings, with Hutchings’ lead having shrunk to around $2,000 over Wright. Reno could make for a historic battleground between these two, especially considering Hutchings and Wright have each won Reno the last two years.

With No. 1 bareback rider Rocker Steiner sidelined for the next few months with a neck injury, World No. 2 Bradlee Miller has the chance to overtake Steiner and claim the No. 1 spot for himself. Miller is less than $2,000 away from passing Steiner. World No. 3 Wacey Schalla is also missing time from injury, making this a golden opportunity for Miller to create a cushion between him and the rest of the Bareback athletes.

No. 6 Steer Wrestler Colix Fox has been sub-4.5 in five of his last nine runs. Six of them have placed in the Top 5 of the round, including a win at Parker County Sheriffs Posse Frontier Days. That’s the kind of consistency that wins at Reno.

No. 3 team roping duo Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira won Reno in 2023 and are in a good spot entering the Summer Run this year. Since RodeoHouston, the pair has missed just three of their 14 outs, and six of those 11 qualified runs were quicker than 5.0 seconds. No other Top 10 team has been better leading up to Reno.

The past four tie-down roping champions in Reno have gone to two people: Riley Webb, in 2025 and 2022, and Shad Mayfield, in 2024 and 2023. Shane Hanchey has been the next best at Reno, finishing in the Top 3 in three of the last four years. The 16x NFR Qualifier and 2013 World Champion is currently ranked 5th in the PRCA World Tie-Down Roping World Standings. If he wins, he’ll have the chance to jump two spots in the World Rankings to No. 3.

Last Year’s Winners

Stetson Wright owned the bull riding event last year, winning both rounds and the Average. In the First Round, Wright was 92.5 on Corey & Lange Rodeo’s Speed Dial and followed it up with 89.5 in the Short Round.

Michelle Alley was 16.81 to win the Short Round in the barrel racing, but Hailey Kinsel won the Average. Kinsel was 50.97 seconds on three head.

Shane Hanchey won the Final Round with the fastest run of the rodeo, a 7.7, but it was three-time World Tie-Down Roping Champion Riley Webb who won the average, though, going 26.5 on three head.

Three-time NFR qualifier Damian Brennan was crowned saddle bronc riding champion after going 263.5 on three head. Zachary Dallas won two rounds with the two best scores of the event, 89 and 88.5, but finished third in the Average.

In steer wrestling, Stetson Jorgenson won two rounds, but lost the average to Will Lummus by just 0.1 seconds. Lummus was 13.5 on three head.

Aaron Tsinigine and Jeremy Buhler were 16.2 seconds on three head to win the Average. They also won the First Round. Coy Rahlmann and Cole Curry won the Short Round but finished second in the average with an aggregate time of 17.4 seconds.

Despite winning 2-of-3 rounds, Garret Shadbolt finished third in the Average in the bareback riding. It was 2022 World Champion Jess Pope taking the title with 255.5 on three head.